US 12,409,840 B2
Vehicle control apparatus
Yuichi Kumai, Numazu (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/641,995.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-077242 (JP), filed on May 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0375660 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/18163 (2013.01) [B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising an electronic control unit which executes a lane change control of providing a driver of an own vehicle with a proposal of changing lanes and automatically change lanes when the driver approves of the proposal,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to:
when the driver performs an acceleration operation when the electronic control unit provides the driver with a proposal of changing lanes to move the own vehicle to a next lane for overtaking a preceding vehicle, determine that the driver approves of the proposal of changing lanes to move the own vehicle to the next lane;
when the driver performs a deceleration operation when the electronic control unit provides the driver with a proposal of changing lanes to return the own vehicle to an original lane after the own vehicle moves to the next lane and overtakes the preceding vehicle, determine that the driver approves of the proposal of changing lanes to return the own vehicle to the original lane.